https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/LEGS5578?type=COREGOALHistory has seen several waves of constitution-building in the 20th century with an unparalleled boom starting in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Africa was no exception to this trend. Against experts' announcement of the end of this boom in new constitutions at the beginning of the new Millennium, we still observe constitution-building dynamics, this time predominately in Africa.Quite prominent have been the dynamics in North Africa as a result of the Arab spring that have recently extended to Algeria. Less visible, but also very vivid are many processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, either looming (The Gambia, Tanzania) or dormant / constantly ongoing (South Sudan, Somalia) or prospective (Ghana). This burst of activity has given rise to a range of new ideas about the nature and purpose of constitutions and constitution-making, constitutional solutions to genuine local problems, the proper role of international and local actors in the constitution-building process as well as the value of having a dedicated implementation process for a newly adopted constitution. At its heart the course intends to tackle complex societal, political and legal problems in constitution-building, partly informed by own field experience. Or, to put it in the words of a participant from last year's course: "It was really interesting - and fun!"